Tokens | Symbols in the Latter-day Saint Temple Endowment

[@taramalan904]

What a blessing your videos have been to me the past handful of months! I taught Relief Society today, and I will teach again in two weeks, all about the temple. Your videos and links have been an invaluable resource which I used, and I know it helped many women today have a greater desire to attend the temple to receive more light and knowledge. Thank you for all the work you put into these.

[@jonicheney6390]

I've been restudying Ex 25-30 & 35-40 and stumbled onto this video. WOWZER! This was so enlightening. Thank you.

[@harrisonzeno]

Thank you Sister for these wonderful videos. They have helped me grow in knowledge and understanding of the importance of the temple. You have helped me follow President Nelson's latest invitation from October's General Conference to make the temple central in my life. You're the best; keep making these videos!

[@kvicksilverman]

Instead of making a whited-sepulchre the center point of your life, I suggest you place your faith in Christ, and Christ alone.

[@harrisonzeno]

@kvicksilverman You bring up a great point. As members of the Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints, we worship God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. We do not worship anyone else. We do not make anyone, nor anything, the center of our lives (though no one is perfect). We strive to make Christ the focus of our lives!

[@harrisonzeno]

@kvicksilverman As for a "whited-sepulchre" I'm not sure what you mean. Would you mind explaining that to me? I'd be happy to clarify any misconceptions. :)

[@kvicksilverman]

"to make the temple central in my life." the LDS temple is a whited sepulchre. @@harrisonzeno

[@dinocollins720]

Thomas was seeking and verifying a true messenger!!! Wow powerful! This shifts the entire "Doubting Thomas" narrative

[@motherofthree2003]

The same thought came to my mind.

[@dinocollins720]

@@motherofthree2003 so cool right!?!?

[@MiriamVance.]

This video has been so helpful in me teaching my own young, curious children about the temple! Thank you for providing context and examples that anyone can understand.

[@barrysines4593]

I have made some connections through scripture on this, but you mentioned more info that I haven't seen. I am usually very selective on people talking about this stuff because of those who attack it, but this is very insightful and shareable. Thank you. :)

[@bjay155]

You are helping me so much with understanding the temple. I enjoyed your more relaxed pacing. Thank you for your research and presentations!

[@vitalykartavykh1003]

Thanks a lot! I love watching your videos and always look forward to more videos coming. You are doing great work explaining the temple ordinances to those who have never been there so it becomes simple and visual. Thank you for dispelling the myth that the temple is a big hush hush and it's a sin to even discuss it :)

[@kvicksilverman]

The sin is placing your faith in the empty works of the LDS leadership. There is no salvation in secret hand-grips or key words. There is nothing sacred in LDS temples, only oaths of secrecy.

[@clintonlemarluke1507]

We usually say the sacrament prayer phrase "the blood of Thy Son, which was SHED for them." with emphasis on the work "Shed." I love the shift in focus when we change the emphasis to: "the blood of Thy Son, which was shed for THEM." WE are the purpose for His atoning sacrifice. I feel my sense of gratitude magnify as his sacrifice for me mends my broken heart.

[@dinocollins720]

cool

[@danite620]

I love and wait for your videos sister Jasmin . They are strait forward and easy to understand.

[@clintonlemarluke1507]

Another Hebrew word for Token is אוֹת (ot) which begins with Aleph (א) and ends with Tav (ת), which are the First and Last letters in the Hebrew alphabet, and, like the First and Last letters in the Greek alphabet, Alpha and Omega, both signify Jesus Christ, the First and the Last. So the very word Token is symbolic of Christ.

[@Jeff_H_the_Guitarist]

Everything that God expected His people to do in the Temple was clearly and plainly laid out in His Word. The most sacred & holy place on earth was in the heart of the Temple: in the Holy of Holies, the very dwelling place of God. Yet despite it being the most sacred place on the planet, we are given specific details about everything that should happen in that room (Leviticus 16, Hebrews 9:6-14). There was nothing SECRET about the most SACRED part of God’s Temple!

[@mmmckaysquad]

They were also operating in different circumstances and under a lower law, pinky having ordinances of the Aaronic priesthood.

[@BddJnr]

We are given specific details after the tempels have been used. That is a really big difference between not given specific details while the tempels are being used.

[@carlaceu]

I love your temple videos! Truly inspiring and full of light!

[@joshstucki4349]

The tokens, names, symbols, and order of the endowment ceremony are either identical or very similar to the Freemasonry initiation ceremony.

[@foodismed1cine]

Where does the freemasonry initiation ceremony come from?

[@alexanderv7702]

The Knights Templar. A Roman Catholic order that was excommunicated by the Pope. Found refuge in Kilwinning, Scotland.

[@Decision_Justice]

Where does the Freemasonry ceremony come from? The Research Lodges have investigated the origin of Freemasonry and found that it originated in the Stone Mason's Guild in medieval northern England. It was a Trade Guild. Skilled Laborers protected the knowledge of their skills so as to be certain people outside the Guild would not know how to do the work that a skilled Stone Mason could do. It also protected the occupants of buildings in England by ensuring they were only built by qualified workmen. Stone Masons needed to travel to the locations where new buildings were being built, and in order to Prove to the foreman at the new Building Site that they had the requisite skill to do a particular task, there were secret hand grips established by the Guild. One would be taught each new Hand Grip when one mastered a particular level of Stone Mason skill. Upon arriving at a new building site the new laborer would give the Foreman the Hand Grip that showed his highest level of Skill. He could then be assigned to the appropriate task. The origins are not nearly as Esoteric as many people believe. Freemasonry started out as a Trade Guild and the Hand Grips were created by the men of the Guild. They don't go back any further than that. There are all kinds of rumors and false claims, but these turned out to be merely creation of people who wanted to embellish the history. All of the symbols, Hand Grips and Tokens were created in medieval England and come from the Stone Mason Guild. For example, the Apron that Masons wear was originally just a workman's apron, worn to protect him from injury and to carry any needed tools. The symbols of Masonry: the compass and the square are simply builders' tools from the construction they used to do. Freemasonry does not have roots in Solomon's Temple, nor in the Knights Templar, although those were fun stories that helped to attract people to want to join the Stone Masons Guild in order to learn the "secrets." When the power of the Guild started to decline as England modernized, the Stone Mason's Guild made the very smart move of opening up the ranks of their Secret Guild to the Gentlemen of England by turning it into a Fraternal Organization. The "secrets" of the Stone Mason trade were morphed into "Secrets" of God and the claims of going back to Solomon's Temple were embellished. These claims attracted ever more men to want to join in order to learn the secrets and join a "Brotherhood." Today Freemasonry admits that they do not have origins in Solomon's Temple and all the hand Grips and rituals were just concocted by the Guild. For example, the claim that the Freemasonry went back to the Israelites in Egypt building cities and monuments of Egypt have all been debunked. For one thing, there was no existence of a bunch of Israelite slaves in Egypt. There simply weren't Israelite slaves in Egypt. The Egyptian pay records of those who built the tombs, monuments and buildings still exist. There are many other reasons why it's not plausible that there was a group of Israelite slaves in Egypt. For one thing the entire Exodus never occurred and Archaeology proves this.

[@Whatiftheresmore1314]

@@Decision_Justicemight want to look into the Dead Sea Scrolls. They were discovered around 1940ish, by a young shepherd boy. It turns out, temple practices such as signs and tokens were not originated from free masonry. And, Joseph Smith did not get the endowment from them. The temple ceremony is found throughout the Book of Mormon, and The Holy Bible if you have eyes to see. It’s beautiful and so inspiring. ❤️☀️

[@BB-ic1xe]

I love the knowledge I'm taking in from these info videos, Thank you

[@durellegimenez4555]

This video was so insightful and helpful! Thank you!!

[@dinocollins720]

Another fantastic video!!! Thank you!!!

[@RafaelBarcellosMachado]

Thanks a lot for such inspiring content!

[@dinocollins720]

thanks again!

[@mycheesesteak]

This was an especially good video. Thx.

[@punkrockdrifter]

Just found this channel, this is awesome. Thank you.

[@JT-zt7uq]

These are great videos, i love your thoughts!

[@Amulekpy]

Very well exposed and explained..!

[@wendymichaelson2547]

Great Job!

[@sockneman]

Remarkably that my comment was immediately taken away when I shared my true experience of what I had to do in the temple. Yes, miming out the slitting of my throat was both a sickening practice and experience.

[@JD-pb4mh]

I first went to the temple in the early 90s. For the next 25 years, I would try to imagine the significance of the signs and tokens and what they might represent. For example, having one hand down, thumb extended, while holding the other in cupping shape perhaps meant that if we used our priesthood to give blessings (hand down), we would receive blessings in return (cupping shape). Imagine my surprise 25 years later when I found out that everyone a couple years older than me knew what this gesture truly symbolized. Really? There was not a single person willing to give me a heads up that I was cutting open my belly and holding my guts?

[@TheMarsmares]

Thankyou. Excellent.

[@boldcounsel9406]

Let's say that for 24 hours you could reveal every LDS secret that you couldn't before.... What would be the top 3 you would tell someone?

[@jacobopstad5483]

There is no reason to avoid talking about this, even the specific information in each token. All the secrecy does is lead to suspicion. It would be so much better if people knew what this is all supposed to represent beforehand. Besides, there is nothing in the ceremony that can't be found in the scriptures.

[@icecreamladydriver1606]

We don't have to sign in because God knows His sheep by name.

[@icecreamladydriver1606]

Just remember that Brigham Young also taught that Christ did not have the ability to atone for certain sins and that only the offender could atone for his/her sin by spilling their blood. He taught the people to murder their loved ones if they didn't have the courage to spill their own blood, that way the sinner could be clean. This is the same guy who taught the people they could not reach the highest degree of glory unless they were practicing polygamy and that Adam was a polygamist who came here with only one of his wives. Sorry but I just can't believe anything that Brigham Young taught.

[@Phbalancedshorty]

Spoiler alert: we know your “secret symbols and tokens” and they are nothing more than another way to keep you tithing with coercive control by making you feel special and elite and sacred. 🤷‍♀️

[@ZelphBallard-bg9mt]

No.

[@Syed_12]

( Do Christians And Jews and "OTHER" non-Muslims go to Heaven? ) Quran 2:62 '' Those who believe (in the Quran) and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures) and the Christians and the Sabians->ANYAllah< Is The Protector Of Monasteries, Churches, Synagogues And The Mosques ) Quran 22:40 [They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, " Our Lord is God " And were it not that God checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of God is much mentioned. And God will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, God is Powerful and Exalted in Might. Note: Why did Allah protected Churches and Synagogues if they worship false Allah ? ( Why Are There So Many Different Religions In The World ? ) Quran 5 48 ''...... If God wanted He could have made all of you a single nation.( ie single religion ) But He willed otherwise in order to test you in what He has given you (ie Scriptures) therefore try to excel one another in good deeds. Ultimately you all shall return to God then He will show you the truth of those matters in which you '' >DISPUTE verb < not noun like other religions Islam mean "submission" to God ( The above verse saying is that God will not accept a religion from the >MUSLIM< and the Non-Muslims but total "submission" to God ) Question: How Can Muslim And the Non-Muslim "submit" to the God? Answer: Be kind to other human beings and Do not lie, Do not steal, Do not cheat, Do not hurt others, Do not be prideful and Do the charity work. Note: If you obeyed all the ABOVE Allah-God's moral laws "YOU" submitted to God.( ie Islam mean "submission" to God ) The only people who will enter Paradise those who '' Submitted to God '' ( ie by good deeds ) God does NOT accept your religion of birth but only ''Your Total'' Submission to Him. ( God Allows Interfaith Marriages And Eat Food From the Christian And Jew And Vice Versa ) Quran 5:5 ''This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture (ie Christian and Jew) is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers (ie Muslim ) and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture (ie Christian and Jew) before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking [secret] lovers. And whoever denies the faith - his work has become worthless and he in the Hereafter will be among the losers.'' Note: > Only < Islam allows interfaith marriages (>14 hundredsSame God< but They are >ALL Corrupt< more or less, some more than others from their original foundational teaching. The older religion are MORE corrupted than newer religion. Question to Muslim and Christian: Does God / Allah only answer your pray ? And God / Allah does not answer non Muslim / non Christian pray? Did Allah '' Canceled '' all other religions Judaism and Christianity? Quran 5:48 '' And We have revealed to you [O Muhammad] the Book in truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture ( ie New and old Testament ) and as a criterion over it. So judge between them by what Allah has revealed and do not follow their inclinations away from what has come to you of the truth. >>>TO EACH OF YOU WE PRESCRIBED A LAW AND A METHODone nation>differ qualified < for to enter Paradise ) On the day of judgement God will ''NOT'' judge humanity bases on Sunni Muslim sect VS Shia Muslim sect ''NOR'' by Muslim VS non-Muslim >but< Doer of Goods VS Doer of Evils. '' YOUR " birth in the Muslim's family is NOT a > qualification < for to enter the Paradise. '' YOUR " religion / sect / foot long beard is NOT a > qualification < for to enter the Paradise. The > qualification < to enter Paradise is > Faith in God and Good Work

[@ChrisPadillaAZ]

Too long to read.

[@henochparks]

If people knew what the Temple rites are for they would be scared to mock them.

[@kvicksilverman]

Nothing in the LDS temple rites are sacred. They are only secret.

[@eddief9254]

I'm pretty sure God doesn't want his creation to go digital. It seems that the devil has got his hands into the leaders of LDS

[@ChrisPadillaAZ]

😂 interesting comment, but, not true.

[@princessadora]

@@ChrisPadillaAZ it is 100% true

[@sarahbean6170]

By their fruits you’ll know them. I’m sorry but have you seen them speak? They are full of love.

[@Decision_Justice]

It's already gone digital.

[@princessadora]

i'll listen to the lessons when the members start talking normally not in over dramatised tones i cant bear it.

[@Bluewater9]

Members do not welcome new members how interesting.

[@Michelle-jn8pz]

I am appalled that you even have this channel, we are not supposed to even talk about these things in this much detail,the title of your video makes me very uncomfortable 😳😳i hold these things sacred!

[@vitalykartavykh1003]

She didn't reveal anything sacred...

[@kvicksilverman]

She can't reveal anything sacred because nothing in the LDS Temple is sacred. It's only secret. @@vitalykartavykh1003

[@dinocollins720]

Elder Bednar gave us very clear guidelines of what we can and cannot share. She didn't share anything inappropriate. The things we can't share are the things we specifically promise not to share.

[@judgechan9036]

Tokens and handshakes = secret combinations

[@timmiestabrnak]

This is masonry.

[@charlesvgrife2153]

It's possible or probable that the Masons have as they claim a knowledge from their work on the Temple of Solomon. Perhaps.